He scored 588 points, 10 short of the top placed Tianyou Liu of China, but finished well in his final round of shots. His teammates Inamul Hossain and Anjan Kumar Singha finished 24th and 44th respectively in the event, scoring 585 and 564 points each. Later, the 10m air rifle event was won by Tianyou with 700 points.

In the women's 10m air rifle, Sharmin Akhter ended in the 31st position with 388 points while Suraiya Akhter scored 385 points to finish at 41st place when they participated in the qualifiers at the same venue.

Bangladesh's only realistic hopes of a medal were in the kabaddi competition but that suffered a blow when they went down to India 40-21 in their opening match at the Aspire Hall.

The 2002 Busan Games silver medalists face Pakistan, who beat Japan 34-16 in their first game, today at the same venue. They also play Iran and Japan on December 4 and 5 respectively.

But International Master Enamul Hossain gave the country some glimmer of hopes as he reached the fourth round of the Rapid Swiss League chess tournament of the Games at the Al Dana Indoor Hall.

He defeated Atta Taamra of Palestine by a single point in the opening round and Bu Xiangzhi of China by the same margin later on. He then went on to draw with Indian Grand Master (GM) Harikrishna Pentala| in round three. His more prolific teammate GM Reefat Bin Sattar was beaten by Kazakh GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev in the secon round but bounced back with wins in the next two rounds.

In the women's 50m breaststroke event, Dolly Akhter failed miserably as she finished seventh in the third heat, ending her swim in 36.99 seconds.

Bangladesh are also participating in athletics, weightlifting, judo, taekwondo, golf, archery and hockey.